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Dr. Katrin Schmelz
Katrin Schmelz is a psychologist and behavioral economist at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz and the Thurgau Economic Institute (TWI) investigating the factors that influence decision-making during the pandemic.
To vaccinate or not? What drives people's decision-making in times of COVID-19. Read more here
Original publications
Katrin Schmelz (2021). Enforcement may crowd out voluntary support for Covid-19 policies, especially where trust in government is weak and in a liberal society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 118(1).
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016385118
Katrin Schmelz, Samuel Bowles (2021): Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Resistance When Alternative Policies Affect the Dynamics of Conformism, Social Norms and Crowding-Out. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 118(25).
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2104912118